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June 19, 2013 |
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Both political parties find their congressional leadership and rank-and-file split by the controversy over the National Security Agency's surveillance of Americans' phone records. Democratic Sen.Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Commit...
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June 12, 2013 |
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A trifecta of scandals—the IRS targeting of conservative groups, the Justice Department's subpoena of reporters' phone and email records, and the government's response to the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi—are eroding President Oba...
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June 05, 2013 |
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As the Senate takes up immigration reform next week, Republicans must consider the impressions they will create by what they say, the changes they propose and their votes on the final product. There is growing public support for providing a pathway to ci...
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May 29, 2013 |
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Say this much for Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin: He's got chutzpah. Most congressional Democrats who wrote letters asking the IRS to investigate tea party and other 501(c)(4) conservative groups have fallen silent or are expressing feigned ...
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May 22, 2013 |
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Dan Pfeiffer, senior adviser to the president for strategy and communications, appeared on five news programs Sunday to discuss the controversies buffeting the administration.  Mr. Pfeiffer invoked the word "irrelevant" like a wizard's incantation to dis...
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May 15, 2013 |
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The Obama administration finds itself in perilous political waters amid three unfolding scandals.First came last week's congressional testimony by three highly credible officials, plus some excellent reporting, which showed that the Obama administration c...
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May 08, 2013 |
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In the debate over what the United States should do about the increasingly violent civil war in Syria, one thing seemed clear: If the Assad regime used chemical weapons, it would cross a "red line," as President Barack Obama put it in August. Such a move,...
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May 01, 2013 |
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Last week Sen. Max Baucus (D. Mont.) announced that he would not seek a seventh term. His retirement makes it even more likely the GOP will make gains in the U.S. Senate next year. Of the 35 Senate seats up for grabs next year, 21 are held by Democrats, ...

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